Building construction



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BUILDING CONSTRUCTION File'd'Aug. 10, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 mm Qm April1, 1941. w. T. BIRDSONG 1 BUILDING cons'murron Filed Au 10, 1959 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 1, 1941 FFICE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Ward T.Birdsong, Thomaston, Ga., assignor to Joseph G. Goodman, Columbus, OhioApplication August 10, 1939, Serial No. 289,476

1 Claim.

This invention relates primarily to building construction and it aims toprovide a novel corner construction for rooms, using lathing of afloating nature, so that following application of plaster, sufficientyielding may occur and cracking of the plaster will be avoided.

It is also aimed to provide a construction which will particularlyenable the corner construction to be made of metallic lathing incombination with rock lathing, the former being held in place initiallyby gauging plaster.

It is further aimed to provide a structure which will effect a materialsaving in the course of the lathing as a whole in View of the lesserquantity of rock lathing required, a structure which may be moreexpeditiously applied and one using a novel securing clip.

The more specific objects and advantages will become more apparent froma consideration of the description following taken in connection 7 withaccompanying drawings illustrating an operative embodiment.

In said drawings- Figure l is a fragmentary vertical sectional viewshowing the practice of my invention in connection with a woodenbuilding framework;

Figure 2 is a vertical section through the same parts as Figure 1 takenat a right angle thereto;

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view through a corner of theframework of the other figures;

Figure 4 is a front elevation of the clip employed;

Figure 5 is an edge view of the clip employed, and

Figure 6 is a rear view of the clip employed.

Referring specifically to the drawings wherein like reference charactersdesignate like or similar parts, a wooden framework of a building issuggested as at it] consisting of studs ll, plates I2 and joists 13, forexample.

The rooms of the building are preferably lined with rock lath as at M,the same consisting of blocks or slabs of any desired size and the termrock lath being used generically to denote any sheet lathing, gypsumlathing, or the like as used in place of wooden lathing. I

In order to accommodate the lathing l4, wooden strips or battens l5 arefastened at suitable intervals apart to the elements of the frameworklll, that is the studs, joists or the like.

Fastening clips are employed as detailed in Figures 4, 5 and 6 whichhave inverted U-shaped attaching portions It an outwardly extendingbridge flange ll at one terminal of the attaching portion and laterallyextending flanges I8 and I9, extending perpendicularly to the bridgeflange IT and in parallelism to the portion Hi. All three edges of theclip as at 28, are preferably deflected outwardly.

It will be realized that the lathing l4 may be used on the side walls,ceiling or otherwise and in order to secure it in place, the use ofnails is avoided. Instead, the metallic clips are employed with theportion l6 engaged with adjacent strips l5 and the flange I9 engagedwith the rock lathing I l, the bridge flanges l'l being locatedintermediate the lathing members Id.

The present invention is especially advantageously used at the verticalcorners and around the ceiling of the room and in this connection, therock lathing M, as shown, terminates short of such corners. Instead ofusing rock lathing in such corners, I preferably use metallic lathing ofangle form at 2|, such lathing being applied against the inner surfacesof the flanges I9 and held in place thereagainst by gauging plaster,thus avoiding the necessity of using nails. It will be realized thatthis metal lathing 2| does not contact any of the wooden framework orother wooden parts and thus is free floating. Thereafter, plaster in theusual manner is applied over the lathing l4 and. El to complete theinterior of the room. Because the lathing 2| is free floating and willyield to some extent, cracking and breaking of the lathing or plasteringat the corner, due to the shrinkage of the woodwork is overcome.

Various changes may be resorted to provided WARD T. BIRDSONG.

